At one point in history, the United States had upwards of 14,000 wooden covered bridges. Most of them were built between 1825 and 1875 to cross a stream or river and were intended to withstand the elements. An uncovered wooden bridge may have a life span of only about 20 years while a covered bridge could stand for more than 100. Even still, they don"t fare well without upkeep and restoration costs can be high. That"s why iron replaced wood as the preferred bridge-building material in the mid-1800s. These days, fewer than 900 of the original wooden covered bridges are believed to still be standing. The A. M. Foster Bridge, seen in today"s photo, can be found in Cabot, Vermont.
A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
World Architecture Day
-
Nature Photography Day
-
World Children s Day
-
What, no escalator?
-
Struck by Southwestern beauty
-
Cosplay strongly encouraged
-
New York City Marathon
-
Nakupenda Beach Nature Reserve, Zanzibar, Tanzania
-
Bobbio, Italy
-
Sequential images of a total solar eclipse
-
Happy Easter from the ‘peeps’ at Bing
-
Happy New Years Eve!
-
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
-
It s not always sunny in Abu Simbel…
-
Lace up your hiking boots for Mountain Day
-
Merry Christmas!
-
Noctilucent clouds
-
A Christmas market with a long history
-
A hit ballet, long after its debut
-
A Welsh wonder turns 70
-
Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
-
Wild and beautiful Alaska
-
In the Supertree Grove
-
Channel Country, Australia
-
Hidden beauty in Thailand
-
Birthplace of Roman emperors
-
Kagami-ike, Nagano, Japan
-
The last thing seen by Wile E. Coyote
-
Pearl of the Adriatic
-
Snow aglow in central Japan